WO 171/837 - 2 Household Cavalry - October 1944

Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1. and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages will be prepared in manuscript.	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Army Form C.2118
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 2nd Household Cavalry Regt.
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H. Abel Smith

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
B.L.A.	1-4		2 H.C.R. remained at NEERBOSCH. 1 Sqn was for 48 hours at a time in sp of 52 Recce Regt whose task was to be responsible for the area between the MAAS and the WAAL towards the WEST. Little of note occurred though; 3 Oct D Sqn staged under guidance of 52 Recce an attack on WAMEL and DREMMEL, at first light. However no Germans materialized. The Germans were carrying out their usual tactics on river lines which were not strongly guarded, of coming over by boat at night and making forages for food and plunder. They also often set fire to or blew up buildings.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.

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